Dog Has Both Eyes Gouged Out After Being Used For Target Practice

Posted on Jan 30, 2012 @ 03:30PM

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A stray dog has been brought back from the brink of death after being used as target practice and then tied up in a bag and thrown in a dumpster.

Named Andre by his new owner, the scrappy pooch had been shot so many times with a BB gun that his eyes were gouged out and he was left, dumped in a plastic bag, with sewn up empty sockets, reported MyFoxPhoenix.com.

“He must have been in so much pain, his eyes were hanging out of his head,” said Susie Hopkins, who rescued the poor pup and took him from where he was abandoned in Phoenix to Sedona, Arizona. “He’s been so neglected and abused.”

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Andre is recovering well despite his extreme injuries making him resemble a well-worn stuffed toy, but PETA is warning locals about the risk of animal abusers and offered $1,000 reward to anyone with information.

“Animal abusers are cowards. They take their issues out on the most defenseless beings available to them,” said PETA Director Martin Mersereau.

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“Phoenix residents have good reason to be concerned. According to law-enforcement agencies and leading mental-health professionals, perpetrators of violent acts against animals are often repeat offenders who pose a serious threat to all animals—including humans."

For more information or to donate to Andre’s welfare fund, visit FirstGiving.com.

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by nellybaby
Posted Wed, 02/01/2012 - 12:29pm

OMG, this is so sad, that poor dog, what is wrong with people? I hope that dog will be ok and can live a normal life as much as possible. Tears are flowing now. Hope they find the sicko who did this. Do the same to whoever did this to this dog.

by mwnyy
Posted Tue, 01/31/2012 - 7:03am

It wouldnt be the first time I took someone like him in and they always know who was there for them..and who wasnt...it is just sad that a person could have such hate and be such a coward to do this to a defensless animal

by earlybird
Posted Tue, 01/31/2012 - 6:23am

I seriously despair for the human race.

by fifi
Posted Tue, 01/31/2012 - 6:22am

WHAT IS FREAKING WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!? ONLY TRULY EVIL HUMANS ABUSE ANIMALS!!! I hope the person who did this will have nothing but misery in their pathetic evil little life!!! Not one damn ounce of happiness.

by PacificNWgal
Posted Tue, 01/31/2012 - 4:51am

Lets write our congressman and get the laws changed. If enough peole write we can do it. Animals need their rights protected.

by Domino70
Posted Tue, 01/31/2012 - 3:38am

The laws need to be changed and any person caught and convicted of deliberately torturing an animal should go to jail for 5 years or more depending on the act. Maybe that will stop these sickos.

by Domino70
Posted Tue, 01/31/2012 - 3:36am

I seriously hope whoever did this dies the most agonizingly painful death one could imagine. It happening in PHX I have zero doubt it was probably a Mexican male. I used to live there and all you'd ever hear about are Mexicans being cruel to animals.

by ProfessorChaos
Posted Tue, 01/31/2012 - 3:35am